01. Five year-old Murtaza Ahmadi, wears Barcelona's star Lionel Messi shirt made of a plastic bag , as he plays football at the Afghan Football Federation headquarter in Kabul, Afghanistan February 2, 2016. Barcelona star Lionel Messi will meet an Afghan boy who gained Internet fame after a touching series of photographs went viral, showing him playing in a shirt improvised from a plastic bag and bearing the name and playing number of his hero.
02. Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov lies on the ground after he was shot by Mevlut Mert Altintas at an art gallery in Ankara, Turkey, December 19, 2016.
03. A banner stating "We Love You Muhammad" is displayed as well-wishers touch the hearse carrying the body of the late boxing champion Muhammad Ali during his funeral procession through Louisville, Kentucky, June 10, 2016.
05. Friba Hameed, 30, an Afghan police officer, poses for a photograph in front of her mural, painted by a street artist, outside the main gate of a police HQ on International Women’s Day in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 8, 2016.
06. People having their cup of beer during 183rd Oktober Fest in October 2017, the largest beer fest held in Germany every year.
07. This undated handout image made available by the German Central Bank (Deutche Bundesbank) shows gold stored in the vault of the Bank in Frankfurt. "In 2015, 210 tonnes of gold were transferred to Frankfurt from storage locations abroad: around 110 tonnes from Paris and just under 100 tonnes from New York." Germany's gold reserves are the second-biggest in the world after those of the United States and totalled 3,381 tonnes this month, according to the latest data compiled by the World Gold Council.
08. BSF camels stand guard at Raisina Hills during the Dress rehearsal of Beating Retreat ceremony in New Delhi on 20 January 2016.
09. Protestor Ieshia Evans is detained by law enforcement near the headquarters of the Baton Rouge Police Department in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, July 9, 2016. Photographer Jonathan Bachman was in Baton Rouge on Saturday covering the first protest of his career when he captured what has become for many the defining image of the Black Lives Matter rallies that have swept America this past week. In image, a woman was standing calmly, her long dress the only thing moving in the breeze, as two police officers in full riot gear confronted her in the middle of a roadway to arrest her.
10. A Hindu pilgrim uses a mobile phone to take pictures of her relative at the confluence of the river Ganges and the Bay of Bengal on the occasion of "Makar Sankranti" festival at Sagar Island, south of Kolkata, India, January 15, 2016.
11. A combo picture shows a mural painted by street artist Lushsux, bearing the image of U.S. Democratic Party nominee for President Hillary Clinton wearing a stars-and-stripes themed swimsuit stuffed with cash (left) pictured on July 31, 2016 and on August 1, 2016 covered up in Islamic dress, features on the wall of a business in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray in Australia. The local city council had deemed the original mural offensive and requested that the artist remove it. He responded by painting over it, covering Hillary Clinton in a niqab.
12. The Eiffel Tower is lit up in the colors of the rainbow flag to pay a tribute for victims of the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 13, 2016, in Paris, France.
13. A click from Dubai International Kite Festival 2016 at UAE in March 2016.
14. Four generations of British royalty are seen in this photo released by the Royal Mail, which put out a new set of stamps to commemorate the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth. Seen with the Queen, from left, are her son Prince Charles, her great grandson Prince George and her grandson Prince William on 19 August 2016.
15. Panama's Luis Concepcion celebrates in the air after beating Japan's Kohei Kono at their WBA world super flyweight title bout in Tokyo, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016. Concepcion won the title by a unanimous decision.
16. Thousands of participants perform Yoga during a mass yoga session at Rajpath on the International Day of Yoga in New Delhi on 21 June 2015.
17. The poor scooter remains the much-used, much-maligned two-wheeler; the valorised Royal Enfield Bullet gets a macho twice over through those cruiser handlebars. The riders? Marathi women in Mumbai, decked up for the new year festival of Gudi Padwa on 27 March 2015.
18. A robotic flagman signals to maintain traffic during the maintenance and repairs on the Ahmedabad-Delhi national highway on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, February 9, 2016.
19. A Chinese national flag flies as students practice Taichi on a playground of a high school, during a Guinness World Record attempt of the largest martial arts display, on a hazy day in Jiaozuo, Henan province, China, October 18, 2015.
20. Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Thani, who also hosted a banquet in his honour. The meeting with the Qatari Premier was the last of Modi's the engagements on the first day of his two day visit in the oil rich country on 05 June 2016.
21. A Palestinian youth jumps with a sword as he demonstrates his ninja-style skills for the photographer in front of the ruins of buildings, that were destroyed in 2014 war, in the northern Gaza Strip January 29, 2016.
22. Australian police with millions of dollars worth methamphetamine discovered which was hidden inside a shipment of bras on 15 February 2016.
23. A man with a tranquilizer gun ( not in picture ) aims on as a leopard while it attacks a man identified by Indian media as wildlife conservationist Sanjay Gubbi at a private school on the outskirts of Bangalore, India, on February 7, 2016.
24. A boy runs across the floor of a temple decorated with lanterns to celebrate Chinese New Year in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on February 7, 2016
25. Odka performs in during a media preview of Zippos Cirque Berserk at the Peacock Theatre in London on February 8, 2016.
26. Employees at the Ueno Zoo use a net to capture a mock zebra during an emergency escape drill in Tokyo, Japan, on February 2, 2016.
27. A tiger tries to grab a live chicken offered by tourists inside a sightseeing vehicle at the wildlife world in the Locajoy Holiday Theme Park in Chongqing, China, on January 8, 2016. Tourists and predators have switched places at the zoo, where visitors are paying to be locked in a cage and stalked by big cats and bears. Chunks of fresh meat and live chicken are tied to the outside of a vehicle, which drives through the enclosure, in a bid to attract the predators and give tourists the closest possible dining experience with them, without becoming dinner themselves.
28. Aye Aye Maw, owner of the shelter, working among cats on the outskirts of Yangon, Burma, on February 4, 2016. The shelter houses over 200 animals and provides food and basic medical treatment for the animals, which the owners say were rescued from Yangon streets.
29. South Korea's Black Eagles perform a maneuver during an aerial display on the opening day of the Singapore Airshow at Changi Exhibition in February 2016.
30. A still image taken on August 18, 2016 from a video posted on social media said to be shot in Aleppo, Syria, on August 17, 2016, shows a boy with bloodied face sitting in an ambulance, after being pulled from the rubble of a building damaged in an airstrike. The image caught the public eye this week, spreading widely on social media, a new look into the continuous horror taking place in Syria.
31. Afghan children walk to school on the outskirts of Herat, Afghanistan, on October 10, 2016.
32. Pope Francis greets a group of Syrian refugees upon landing at Rome's Ciampino airport. Pope Francis gave Europe a provocative and concrete lesson in how to treat refugees by bringing home 12 Syrian Muslims aboard his charter plane after an emotional visit to the hard-hit Greek island of Lesbos.
33. A man reacts to the Eden Project's life-size juvenile Tyrannosaurus Rex that has been brought as a preview to the nearby attraction's “Dinosaur Uprising” opening this summer on the first day of the Royal Cornwall Show on June 9, 2016, near Wadebridge, England.
34. Sun Head. My garden has many flowers, and every day red squirrels come to visit. I am almost always ready to take some shots of these wonderful animals. Photographed by Geert Weggen in Bispgården, Sweden.
35. A Chinese military band conductor leads the band at the opening session of the annual National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, Saturday, March 5, 2016.
36. An Indian woman sun dries red chilli on the outskirts of Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
37. Artists takes measurements of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his wax statue, in New Delhi. The statue will be unveiled at Madame Tussauds in London in April.
38. Sakshi Malik and Dipa Karmakar at the Khel Ratna ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 29 August 2016.
39. The self-balancing BMW Motorrad VISION NEXT 100 concept motorcycle is unveiled on the last of four international stops of the "Iconic Impulses" event, on October 11, 2016 in Santa Monica, California.
40. A hot air balloon flies near Australia's Parliament House in Canberra, March 14, 2016 on the 30th anniversary of Canberra's Balloon Spectacular Festival on 17 March 2016.
41. Nidhi Chapekar and her friend from Mumbai, both were flight attendands of Jet Airways resting in a shock after the twin blast attack in Brussels International Airpot, Belgium on 22 March 2016.
42. Firefighters arrive at a security perimeter set in the Rue de la Loi near the Maelbeek subway station, in Brussels, after an explosion at Brussels International Airport, Belgium on 22 March 2016.
43. The Eiffel Tower featured the colors of the Belgian flag on night in show of solidarity with the country to the twin blasts at Brussels International Airpot, Belgium on 22 March 2016.
44. Members of an honor guard prepare for a welcome ceremony for Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on April 14, 2016.
45. A full moon rising over the Re Island Bridge in Rivedoux, is pictured on December 14, 2016.
46. A police man feeds the horse that was injured in a protest at Police Line in Dehradun. It also lost 70 kg in the weeks after the incident.Shaktiman died on 20 April 2016, after being sedated for a minor surgery. Police have registered a case against BJP’s Mussoorie MLA Ganesh Joshi and his supporters accused of mercilessly beating the horse under Cruelty to Animals Act in connection with the incident.
48. Women taking a selfie during Basant Panchami celebrations at Beawar Rajasthan on 13 February 2016.
49. To take this image he had to camp in the wilderness of Greenland about 90 kilometers away from Kangerluusuaq right at the border of the inland ice. After days of walking and looking trough his telephoto lens he finally found the Musk ox and approached very slowly because Musk ox are extremely shy. Then the photographer made a huge mistake, he moved too fast and they could hear him. Immediately they built a wall and the adults protected the juveniles—the perfect moment for this shot. Photographed by Stefan Forster, Winner of World Travel Photography - 2016.
50. Students with their faces smeared in coloured powder, celebrates Holi at a university campus in Chandigarh, India March 23, 2016.
51. Monks during a mass prayer on Amitabha Buddha Day on 27 December 2015 at Vietnam.
52. Veterinary nurse Lauren Emmett carries out a procedure on a terrier in Battersea Dogs & Cats Home's new Veterinary Hospital and Center of Excellence on October 7, 2016 in London, England. The new Veterinary Hospital has three operating theatres, enabling staff to perform over 100 operations per week.
53. An adult crow chasing a buffy fish owl on an early September afternoon along the riverbank at Pasir Ris Park in east Singapore. Photographed by Kawrence Chia Boon for National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year Contest - 2016.
54. A gaucho rides an untamed horse during Creole week celebrations in Montevideo, Uruguay March 23, 2016. All Easter week gauchos all over Uruguay and neighboring Argentina and Brazil come to Montevideo to compete for the award of best rider.
55. Students perform a prayer on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Ar-Raudlatul Hasanah Islamic boarding school, in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia on 07 June 2016.
56. Rams fight at a traditional sheep fighting event during a Temple Festival in Huaxian, Henan Province, China, March 22, 2016.
57. New Volkswagen cars are parked at a plant in Wolfsburg, Germany.
58. A click from Mongolian Camel Festival. This bactrian camel itself is a beast of burden that normally carries everything that is required for a Mongolian to be able to build and live in a traditional Mongolian tent. They cost about $750 per piece.
59. Sixty-five fossil Radiolarians (zooplankton) carefully arranged by hand in Victorian style (100x) during Small World Photomicrography Competition on October 19, 2016.
60. The wrestler Kaori Housako jumps at her opponent Mieko Satomura during Professional Women's Wrestling Championship at Korakuen Hall on July 26, 2015.
61. Relatives bring a severely injured child to the hospital after a serial bomb blast in Lahore, Pakistan on March 27, 2016.
62. Affafa, who lost her parents and a sister in the bombing, sits in a room in Lahore, Pakistan, March 28. Her sister and brother were also badly injured in the massive attack.
63. Monks take pictures with their mobile phones of the mummified body of a monk at Puzhao temple in Quanzhou, Fujian province, on January 10, 2016. According to local media, the monk named Fuhou died three years ago at the age of 94. His remains were placed in a vat and turned into a mummy as a sign of respect.
64. A male chimpanzee, Chacha, screams after he was darted following an escape from nearby Yagiyama Zoological Park, in a residential area in Sendai, northern Japan, on April 14, 2016. The chimp was eventually caught after being shot with a tranquilizer gun and falling from the power lines, Kyodo news reported
65. Plywood panels cover nude statues inside the Campidoglio, Capitol Hill, during a meeting between Italian Premier Matteo Renzi and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, in Rome, Italy, on January 25, 2016.
66. Models present creations by Kazakhstan's design house ABZAL during Kazakhstan Fashion Week in Almaty, Kazakhstan, April 20, 2016.
67. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump arrives for a campaign event at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Lakeland, Florida, on October 12, 2016.
68. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump vote at PS 59 in New York City on November 8, 2016.
69. The images of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (L) and Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump are seen painted on decorative pumpkins created by artist John Kettman in LaSalle, Illinois, U.S., June 8, 2016.
70. Indian police and rescue officials gather in front of a disused Air India passenger plane which fell from a ground transporter while being moved near Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad on April 10, 2016. The Airbus A-320 was being shifted from the airport to Air Indias cadet training facility,a crane mounted on a 16-wheelbase transport carrier toppled under the weight of the plane, dropping the aircraft on a wall nearby. Police and airport officials confirmed no one was injured in the incident.
71. Firemen rescue a boy whose head is stuck between protective bars outside a window in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, on April 11, 2016.
72. A total solar eclipse is seen from the beach of Ternate Island, Indonesia, on March 9, 2016.
73. Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks to police officers in New York City as they take part in a graduation ceremony at Madison Square Garden on December 29, 2015. According to de Blasio, 1,123 new officers graduated onto the force.
74. A woman with a child attends the second International Tattoo Festival in Sochi, Russia, on April 23, 2016.
75. The sun sets over the Giza Pyramids, near Cairo, Egypt, on August 19, 2016.
76. Smeared in green and armed with musical instruments, Trinamool Congress supporters celebrate their party's win in state assembly election, in Kolkata on 19 May 2016.
77. Residents look at a rift in the highway created by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake, in Chacras, Ecuador on 20 April 2016.
78. Patrick Fellows, Allan McShane, Carson Edwardson, and Shaun Bily, of the Erie Otters, sit on the bench during the first period of an Ontario Hockey League game against the Niagara IceDogs at the Meridian Center in St Catharines, Ontario, Canada, on October 6, 2016.
79. Cuban actress Ana De Armas sits on the lap of Venezuelan actor Edgar Ramirez among photographers on May 16, 2016, during a photo-call for the film Hands of Stone at the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France.
80. Xabi Zia Urrutia brands a horse, in Sorogain, a small village in the Pyrinees Mountains, in northern Spain, on May 14, 2016.
81. Kashi, a 2-year-old male Sumatran tiger of the Rome zoo, receives tooth surgery in the zoo's Veterinary Clinic in Rome, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016. Kashi, a young male suffering from pulp infection following the cracking of a canine tooth, received root canal therapy by dental surgeon Francesco Talini, right, and his team.
82. A fish kite from China, recently bought by Hing Yee, flew below the flight path of a plane landing at Logan during the East Meets West Kite and Cultural Festival at Pope John Paul II Park on August 2016.
83. A woman looks towards a giant pumpkin entry for the RHS Heaviest Pumpkin competition, ahead of the RHS London Harvest Festival at Lindley Hall on October 3, 2016 in London, England. Grown by Ben Eliezer from Kent, the pumpkin weighed in at 566 Kg (1,243 Lbs).
85. A chalk outline reading "Am I Next?" written outside the Governor's Mansion during a demonstration for Philando Castile, July 7, 2016, in St. Paul, Minnesota. Castile was shot and killed the previous night by a police officer in Falcon Heights, MN USA.
86. Protesters lie in an intersection during a demonstration for Philando Castile, July 7, 2016, in St. Paul, Minnesota. Castile was shot and killed the previous night by a police officer in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, USA.
87. Lightning flashes west of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, the Luxor Hotel and Casino, and the Excalibur Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, July 2, 2016.
88. The Radio City Rockettes perform "Finale" in the 2016 New York Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall in New York, July 6, 2016. The show is running now through August 7, 2016.
89. A penguin shaped hot-air balloon flies during the 20th European Balloon Festival in Igualada, near Barcelona, July 7, 2016.
90. A child climbs onto a giant mockup laptop keyboard during a promotion event at a shopping center in Beijing, China, on July 28, 2016.
91. Indonesian Muslim men gather during the first Friday prayer of the fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, on June 10, 2016.
92. Palestinian boy Mohamad al-Sheikh, 12, who is nicknamed ‘Spiderman’ and hopes to break a Guinness World Record with his bizarre feats of contortion, demonstrates acrobatics skills on a beach in Gaza City on June 2, 2016.
93. The pack of riders cycles during the sixth stage from Arpajon-sur-Cere to Montauban during 103rd Tour De France,on 07 July 2016.
94. The Italian Air Force aerobatic unit Frecce Tricolori, or Tricolor Arrows, spreads smoke with the colors of the Italian flag over the city of Rome on June 2, 2016, as part of the Republic Day ceremony.
95. Indian Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves with knives during a procession to mark Muharram Ashoura in New Delhi, India, on October 12, 2016.
96. A protester uses a tennis racket to return a tear gas canister at a demonstration against the French government’s proposed labour law reforms in Nantes on June 2, 2016.
97. An emu runs to escape an approaching wildfire as it burns near Potrero, California, on 20 June 2016.
98. The body of a Syrian child lies on a table at a morgue on October 5, 2016, following reported air strikes on the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus.
99. Bad weather surrounds a Boeing 767 airplane as it arrives onto Enniscrone beach after it was tugged from Shannon Airport out to sea around the west coast of Ireland, on May 7, 2016. It is destined for local funeral director David McGowan's proposed Glamping Village to be used as accommodation in Sligo, Ireland.
100. Humanoid robot Jia Jia, created by a team of engineers from the University of Science and Technology of China, is carried by workers following a presentation at a conference in Shanghai on January 9, 2017. Jia Jia can hold a simple conversation and make specific facial expressions when asked, and her creator believes the eerily life-like robot heralds a future of cyborg labour in China.
OLYMPICS ALBUM - RIO 2016
101. School children make a formation of Olympic rings to wish Indian players good luck ahead of Olympic games, near a school in Ahmedabad. The summer 2016 Olympics is scheduled to open on 05 August 2016.
102. Greek actress Katerina Lehou, playing the role of High Priestess, lights a torch from the sun's rays reflected in a parabolic mirror during the dress rehearsal for the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the site of ancient Olympia in Greece, on April 20, 2016.
103. Fireworks explode over Maracana Stadium during the opening ceremony at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on August 5, 2016.
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105. The Olympic Cauldron is lit at the Olympic Boulevard for the 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 5, 2016.
106. Zheng Shuyin of China celebrates on the podium during the Women's Taekwondo +67kg Victory Ceremony.
107. Belarussian rhythmic gymnast Melitina Staniouta attends a training session at a sports base in Minsk, Belarus as she prepares for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
108. Volunteers and venue managers pose for a picture while lying on the mat before the Men's Freestyle Wrestling competition.
109. Brazil's synchronised swimmers Maria Eduarda Miccuci, right, and Luisa Borges pose for a photograph before a training session at the Rio Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
110. Veteran Usain Bolt and upstart Andre de Grasse may be track running rivals but they're all smiles at the finish line at the Rio Olympics. Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Andre De Grasse of Canada compete in the men's 200m semifinals.
111. Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates after placing first and the gold medal in the men's 100m final race the Olympic Stadium.
112. A tear runs down the face of Russia's Angelina Melnikova as she leaves the arena after competing in the artistic gymnastics women's qualification on August 7, 2016.
113. Japan's Kaho Minagawa performs during the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around qualifications in Rio on August 19, 2016.
114. Omar Hajjami of Morocco competes with Zhao Shuai of China in the Men's Taekwondo 58kg Quarterfinals.
115. Photographers take shots of runners in the Men's 5000m Round 1 - Heat 1 on Day 12 of Rio 2016.
116. During the Women's Preliminary 5000m Round 1 race, Nikki Hamblin of New Zealand stops running to help fellow competitor Abbey D'Agostino of USA after D'Agostino suffered a cramp.
117. Bahamas' Shaunae Miller, left, beats United States' Allyson Felix, second right, to win the women's 400-meter final during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 15, 2016.
118. Photograph shows the cultural differences among some of the nations taking part in the Rio Olympics. Egyptian women's beach volleyball team took to the sandy arena wearing hijabs, long sleeves and leggings where thier counterpart Germany in two piece uniform on 08 August 2016.
119. The coach of Mandakhnaran Ganzorig of Mongolia takes off his clothes as he protests after the Bronze Medal match against Ikhtiyor Navruzov of Uzbekistan in Men's Freestyle Wrestling 65 kg.
120. Yuval Filo, Alona Koshevatskiy, Ekaterina Levina, Karina Lykhvar and Ida Mayrin of Israel compete during the Group All-Around Final on Day 16 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Rio Olympic Arena on Aug. 21, 2016.
121. Egypt's Islam El Shehaby (Blue), declines to shake hands with Israel's Or Sasson, after losing during the men's over 100-kg judo competition on August 12, 2016.
122. Maryoly Gamez of Venezuela battles for the ball against Victoria Rios of Uruguay during the International Womens Rugby Sevens - Aquece Rio Test Event for the Rio 2016 Olympics at Deodoro Olympic Park on March 6 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
123. A message is projected on the floor of Maracana Stadium as Japanese performers take part in the Rio 2016 closing ceremony on August 21, 2016.
124. This picture taken on July 21, 2016 shows inmates sleeping in the open basketball court inside the Quezon City jail in Manila. More than 3,800 inmates are stuffed into a facility built to house just 800. Philippine officials said on August 9 that the government would build new jails to address severe congestion made worse by President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war, describing conditions as "inhumane" and "unacceptable".
125. A man uses a scissors to make intricate decorative patterns on a camel's back before displaying it for sale at a makeshift cattle market ahead of the Eid ul Zuha festival in Karachi, Pakistan, on September 9, 2016.
126. Franco Mezzoiuso, 5, waves an Italian flag while marching with his father, NYPD Detective Frank Mezzoiuso, in the Columbus Day Parade, on October 10, 2016, in New York.
127. "Crazy Man..!!!" A person ascended the cone to see the lava lake inside on the French island of Réunion. He stayed at least 2 minutes, without any protection.
128. A couple kissing in front of Louvre Pyramid and the Louvre museum by night on November 2, 2016, in Paris, France.
129. A pile of elephant tusks burns during an ivory burning event at the Nairobi National Park in Kenya on April 30. Kenyan authorities set fire to 105 tons of elephant tusks and some 1.35 tons of rhino horns that had been piled into a dozen giant pyres on April 30 to demonstrate its commitment to combat poaching of elephants and rhinos. This is the largest single destruction of ivory conducted by any country in history, said the Kenya Wildlife Service.
130. Brian Marshall poses for a picture with his 139.5kg pumpkin which won the Heaviest Pumpkin Competition at the Harrogate Autumn Flower Show at the Great Yorkshire Showground, in Harrogate, England, on September 16, 2016.
131. Journalist Hassan Hanafi, convicted of murdering colleagues for the Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab jihadist group, is tied to a wooden post before being executed by firing squad at a police academy square in Mogadishu on April 11, 2016. Hanafi was sentenced to death in March after military judges said he had confessed to his role in the killing of five journalists after being arrested in August 2014 in Kenya and extradited to Somalia late that year.
132. A Syrian man carries the body of a girl after she was trapped under the rubble following reported air strikes on the rebel-held neighborhood of al-Mashhad in the northern city of Aleppo, on July 25, 2016. Air strikes and barrel bomb attacks killed 16 civilians in rebel-held parts of Aleppo province, with rebel rocket fire onto government areas killing three more, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
133. The Airlander 10 hybrid airship makes its maiden flight at Cardington Airfield in England, on August 17, 2016.
134. An audience cheers up during the Boston Pops Independence Day Concert at Boston USA on 04 July 2016.
135. A massive explosion guts Mexico’s biggest fireworks market in Mexico City, on Dec. 20. The explosion killed at least 31 people and injured 72, authorities said. The conflagration in the Mexico City suburb of Tultepec set off a quick-fire series of multicolored blasts that sent a vast cloud of smoke billowing over the capital.
136. Dead wild reindeer are seen on Hardangervidda in Norway, after lightning struck the central mountain plateau and killed more than 300 of them, in this handout photo received on August 28, 2016.
137. Women pull water from a well in the Thar desert, where temperatures hover at 50 degree celcius on summer days, in Bewatoo, Tharparkar, Pakistan. With an extremely low water table and continuing drought, sometimes water must be hauled from a depth of 150 to 200 feet.
138. Pelebs from the US Naval Academy perform situps with a12 Foot log on top of them during the annual Sea Trials training exercise on 12 May 2016.
139. Zarifeh Shalabi, 17, was elected prom queen at her high school a few miles from the terrorist attack in San Bernardino in December 2015. Her non-Muslim friends campaigned for her by wearing hijabs in solidarity.
140. Fishermen use a fire to attract fish on a traditional “Sulfuric Fire Fishing" boat in New Taipei City, Taiwan, on 19 June 2016.
141. People stand opposite a blaze that erupted in a fuel tank at Oil Refineries Ltd in the Israeli northern city of Haifa on December 25, 2016.
142. In this Thursday, June 19, 2014, file photo, a pangolin carries its baby at a Bali zoo, Indonesia. Delegates at a U.N. wildlife conference have voted to ban trade in all four species of Asian pangolins.
143. A toddler tied to a rock in Ahmedabad, India. Barrier tape is tied around 15-month-old Shivani's ankle to prevent her from running away, while her mother Sarta Kalara works at a construction site nearby, on April 19, 2016.
144. The model FeeBee poses as part of art installation "Narcissism : Dazzle Room" made by artist Shigeki Matsuyama at rooms33 fashion and design exhibition in Tokyo on September 14, 2016. Matsuyama's installation features a strong contrast of black and white, which he learned from dazzle camouflage used mainly in World War I.
145. People watch as 15 African Penguins are released into the sea, on October 8, 2016, in Simonstown, about 30 kilometers from Cape Town. These penguins were either injured or sick, and were rehabilitated by an organization called the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds. The African Penguin is listed as endangered, with a population only approximately 2.5 percent the size of what it was 80 years ago.
146. People are seen on giant fried eggs art installation as part of “Hecho en Casa” (Made at home) urban artwork festival in downtown Santiago, Chile, 08 Nov 2016.
147. Students wave the Malaysian flag during the 59th National Day celebrations at the Independence Square in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 31 August 2016.
148. A woman decorates a snowman in Times Square as all cars but emergency vehicles are banned from driving on Jan. 23 in New York City.
149. Cyclists ride past a giant illuminated Santa Claus model displayed along the "Promenade des Anglais" in the French Riviera city of Nice, France, on December 9, 2016.
150. People dressed in Santa Claus costumes take part in a run in Madrid, Spain, on December 17, 2016.
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